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The Muslim holy month of Ramadan began on Tuesday amid restrictions on communal prayers and fasting due to the coronavirus…

Lusail, Qatar – With a capacity of 80,000, Lusail Stadium will be the biggest tournament venue for the 2022 World…

Under the remote worker programme, out-of-state participants who move to West Virginia will receive $12,000 along with passes for a…

Protests have broken out near the US city of Minneapolis after the police fatally shot Duante Wright, a young Black…

People who ignored an initial warning to evacuate the area closest to a volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of…

Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government put aside factional differences on Thursday to appeal for calm after more than a week of…

After enduring 40-knot (74kmph) winds and freezing sea spray, jostled healthcare providers arrived wet and cold on two Maine islands…

India has hit yet another new peak with 115,736 coronavirus cases reported in the past 24 hours. New Delhi, Mumbai…

Rescuers searched for dozens of people still missing in remote islands of southeast Indonesia on Tuesday while expecting more casualties…

When 58-year-old Moroccan Belhussein Abdelsalam was arrested and lost his job three decades ago, he saw Charlie Chaplin on television…

At the hospital in the small Moldovan town of Leova, exhausted doctors see no end to the pandemic: cases are…

Millions of Christians around the world celebrated a second Easter under coronavirus restrictions on Sunday, as nations tried to control…

Egypt held a spectacular parade to celebrate the transport of 22 of its royal mummies through the capital, Cairo, to…

It was the mistake seen ’round the world (and from space): Ever Given’s not-so-graceful turn in the Suez Canal upended…

Japan’s cherry trees are reaching full bloom in record time this year, the national weather agency has said, linking the…

The dusty buses keep coming, dozens a day, mattresses, chairs and baskets piled on top. They stop at schools hurriedly…

Mozambique security forces are battling a prolonged deadly assault on the key northern town of Palma by fighters linked to…

The scavengers wait patiently for a dump truck to tip the rubbish on the summit of the landfill outside India’s…

Indians are celebrating Holi, the festival of colours, despite many states restricting gatherings to contain a coronavirus resurgence across the…

In scenes very different from last year, Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre was open to the public on Palm…

Protesters in Myanmar have returned to the streets to press their demands for a return to democracy, just a day…

At least 14 people were injured after a powerful blast – a suspected suicide attack – outside a church in…

The Olympic flame was introduced at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. The torch relay began eight years later ahead of the…

Greece celebrated 200 years since the start of its struggle for independence from the Ottoman Empire on Thursday with a…

A container ship blocking the Suez Canal like a “beached whale” sent new shockwaves through global trade on Thursday as officials stopped…

Authorities and volunteers from aid agencies in southern Bangladesh are rebuilding shelters for thousands of Rohingya refugees who lost their…

This week, the war in Yemen enters its seventh year. The country is once again hitting the headlines because a…

When the social worker called to tell Javier Irure that he was being evicted, the 65-year-old Spaniard could not fathom…

Holi marks the advent of spring in India and is celebrated all around the Hindu-majority country with coloured powders and…

A year to the day since Prime Minister Boris Johnson first put the United Kingdom under lockdown to slow the…

A huge blaze that ripped through a sprawling Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh has forced at least 50,000 people to…

A group of police officers who defied the Myanmar army’s orders to shoot opponents of the coup recounted their experience…

Leaders from across Africa have paid tribute to John Magufuli, Tanzania’s late president who leaves a complex legacy following his…

Pointing to more than 1,000 arrests in one of the top party spots in the United States, Miami Beach, Florida…

About four billion people experience severe water shortages for at least one month a year, and around 1.6 billion people…

Protesters in Germany clashed with police on Saturday over coronavirus measures, with officers using water cannon, pepper spray and batons…

Australia’s east coast was smashed by heavy rains on Saturday, sparking dangerous flash flooding that forced the evacuation of multiple…

A long-dormant volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland flared to life on Friday night, spilling lava down two…

The traditional leader of South Africa’s 12 million Zulu people, King Goodwill Zwelithini, has been laid to rest in a…

Just after dawn, Tolstoy lumbers into view. A wandering giant, with tusks almost scraping the earth, this great elephant has…

Siriri’s gaze darts around and his voice trembles as he speaks about his experiences, how he was shot in the…

“Here it is, the truffle, a blessing from God!” Zahra Buheir carefully digs out a desert truffle from the sandy…

A human rights group says at least 183 people have been killed in Myanmar since the recent military coup in…

For refugees and asylum seekers, starting a new life in the United Kingdom presents a host of challenges, from learning…